Note from the publisher

Letters

Editorial:
   The age of misinformation

Columns:

Homesteading on the electronic frontier:    There's plenty of information on the Internet about building and doing repairs

Ayoob on firearms:    The Marlin Model 60 — It's the classic backwoods home rifle

Think of it this way:    Just how smart is that computer on your desk?

Recipes:
   Make quick and easy pasta
   Safe, delicious and inexpensive home preserves

Book reviews:
   Graphic Guide to Frame Construction
   The Very Efficient Carpenter
   From Field & Forest: The Guide to Making Wild Jelly
   Starting Over
   The Busy Person's Guide to Preserving Food

Original poems:
   John Earl Silveira

Contents

Building

• Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill
• Here's a "helping hand" for your chainsaw mill
• You have to look beyond the building code to create really pleasing stairs
• Would you believe...a canvas roof? It's simple, quick, durable and cheap
• A brick walk with little work and less money
• Build a three-car garage for $78
• Lessons I learned while building my log home
• Concrete domes have some impressive advantages
• Cob construction is literally dirt cheap

Farm/Garden

• Here's a mighty creative way to protect your plants from animals
• There are lots of tomato varieties — choose the ones that suit your garden and your taste
• Ducks contribute to a homestead in many ways

Self Sufficiency

• White sage — the quintessential chaparral herb

Homeschooling

• Your family can afford a computer: buy it used

Independent energy

• Plan your energy-independent home before you begin construction